Sports

The New England Patriots grabbed major headlines in the first week of National Football League competition with their 16-10 upset victory over the Bengals in Cincinnati. 

“It is my honor to now announce that with the next pick in the 2021 NBA draft, the NBA selects Terrence Clarke from the University of Kentucky.” Those words by current NBA Commissioner Adam Silver echoed through the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on July 29, 2021.

Francis Tiafoe and Coco Gauff are at opposite ends of the U.S Open Tennis Championships spectrum, with Tiafoe riding high and Gauff bowing out. Gauff, the defending champion and third seed in this year’s tournament, exited with an embarrassing showing against 13th-seed Emma Navarro (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) in a fourth-round match.

The 2024 college football season opened this week with No. 1-ranked Georgia blasting its way past No. 14-ranked Clemson with a final score of 34-3 in Atlanta. The Bulldogs are on a revenge mission following their “getting jobbed” out of the college football playoffs last season. I use the word “jobbed” to describe what happened, because that’s what the NCAA Selection Committee did as it denied Georgia a chance at a third-straight national college football championship.

His name is Teraj Anderson. In his yellow and black uniform, he somehow reminds one of Smoky Burgess, the rotund catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates when they defeated the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series. He is a 12-year-old African American boy, a bullpen and back-up catcher, who bats ninth and plays for the 2024 Williamsport Little League Championship team from Lake Mary, Florida. He stole home plate with the decisive run in his team’s 10-7 win over Texas in the American Championship game on Saturday.

With the start of the 2024 National Football League regular season just a few weeks away, some New England Patriots fans are uneasy about their team’s prospects for a successful season. New Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo faces the daunting task of building a winning team while the ownership continues to unload talented players by refusing to pay what other clubs would offer for a comparable athlete.

Sports is a sanctuary for young Black athletes. But behind the victories and million-dollar contracts, Black athletes often go unnoticed when it comes to their mental health. 

The Negro League Legends Hall of Fame (NLLHOF) and United States Postal Service (USPS) teamed up for a stamp to honor celebrated baseball player Henry “Hank” Aaron on Aug. 17.

It has been a banner week for basketball in the city of Boston with the playing of the now celebrated BIG3 championship game and the first WNBA game played at the TD Garden.

The U.S.A. women’s basketball team rallied from a 10-point deficit to squeeze past the host French team by a final score of 67-66 in the Olympic gold medal game before a delirious sellout crowd at the Bercy Arena.

The final week of the 33rd Olympic Games was a spectacular and failing moment for the United States. Topping the former list was the show-stopping performance of Gabby Thomas, who won three gold medals.

First Tee Massachusetts, an organization dedicated to teaching life skills and character values through golf, has partnered with Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center (the Reggie) to launch an innovative indoor golf program aimed at serving students across the Boston area.